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Fatma Aydemir

Fatma Aydemir

The Guardian

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Why independent bookshops strike fear in the heart of Germany’s culture tsar

Why independent bookshops strike fear in the heart of Germany’s culture tsar

There is a particular kind of danger that smells like paper and dust. You find it in independent bookshops. Those with uneven wooden floors and...

yesterday 9

The Guardian

Fatma Aydemir

Christmas is a season for forgiveness. But is saying ‘sorry’ enough?

22.12.2025 10

The Guardian

Fatma Aydemir

Germany’s anti-diversity backlash isn’t fatigue – it’s strategy masquerading as neutrality

30.09.2025 10

The Guardian

Fatma Aydemir

Goethe immortalised the shaming of German women 200 years ago – we’re still at it

19.07.2025 9

The Guardian

Fatma Aydemir

What does it feel like to be stood up by Donald Trump?

17.06.2025 7

The Guardian

Fatma Aydemir

A Berlin audience has fake faeces thrown at them – and is moved to tears. So am I

17.06.2025 10

The Guardian

Fatma Aydemir

Be grateful you’re still here: Germany’s rebuke of a grieving mother exposes its deepening anti-immigrant mood

05.03.2025 6

The Guardian

Fatma Aydemir

Germany has swung to the right. What does that mean for the country – and Europe? Our panel responds

24.02.2025 10

The Guardian

Fatma Aydemir

In these dark times of racially charged election campaigns, the German left offers a flicker of hope

20.02.2025 10

The Guardian

Fatma Aydemir

People like me flocked to Berlin because it was ‘poor but sexy’. Those times are over

In 2003, Berlin had just woken up from a decade-long fever dream: the Wall had fallen, the city had reunited and the two German states had a common...

31.12.2024 6

The Guardian

Fatma Aydemir